Rufus: This device is in use by another process. Please close any other process that may be accessing the device.
When you perform USB Boot with Rufus software to install Windows or other software will appear an error message : This device is in use by another process. Please close any other process that may be accessing the device.
•[004832] C:\Windows\explorer.exe (r)
In this article you will learn how to fix
This device is in use by another process. Please close any other process that may be accessing the device.
•[004832] C:\Windows\explorer.exe (r)
error in Rufus while creating a bootable pendrive
What is bootable usb pen drive?
Bootable USB is basically an OS installation media , which has been written into a DVD or USB drive , using Windows official USB/DVD download tool or flash the ISO file using third party apps like RUFUS etc.
For making a bootable you need to download the ISO file from the OS manufacturer's website or can do download and flashing together with the OS manufacturer's official tools.
The drive once made as a bootable media , it can only be used for installing any OS to the computer, adding other files may corrupt the installation media which is inside the bootable drive.
Individual user can format the the USB drive and make it as it was earlier as a normal USB storage device.
How to fix?
First of all, download Rufus v3.9..
It will solve This device is in use by another process error in Rufus
Now run Rufus v3.9 and try to create bootable pendrive.
